Novellus Living

Staff was VERY friendly and helpful. The facility was really not very clean and a lot of miss -matched furniture...overall rather depressing for an independent living senior. Thank you for the courtesy but not a match for us.

Our loved one is doing okay, she is still trying to get acclimated at the Brookdale Clairemont. She is shy and needs people to reach out and include her. They had an ambassador who helped show the new residents around for the first day, I think she needed more than one day. The food is not what we expected. We had dined there with her and the meals were not very appetizing. The food that was served was cold. It is discouraging for people who really count on the meals to be one of the highlights of their day. We are really happy with the care that they are providing for her. We like the fact that the doctor comes in to visit her, and that she is taking her medication on schedule. We really like her room. There are beautiful views of the nicely landscaped courtyard for the residents to get out and enjoy. They offer transportation for trips to go on outside excursions. We're hoping she will meet new friends and feel more welcome.

My mother was a resident here for three years and moved on to another community because her care need exceeded what Brookdale could accommodate. They went through two major director changes during my mother's residency. It was not the most stable place but it met our needs. The location and price was the driving force for her staying. They have some excellent staff and med techs. Some of the aides were lacking and you would need to explain simple requests to them. I think that all come downs to staffing. I know many of the administration has left since my mother moved. I think if there was more time spent on training it would be a better experience for residents and they would have less turn-over.

Due to licensing under new management they are not allowing residents to reside here with a diagnosis of Dementia therefore my mother needs to move.

After evaluating my mom for a move into this community, the nurse and I found that it was too much for my mom to transition. My mom had help from a mentor to guide her around the community and even sat with her during a meal. The staff attempted activities to make her feel more comfortable but that did not help. I ended up taking Mom back home and I do thanks this community for their help trying to make things easier for us. It was a good try but just did not fit my mom.

The grounds were clean however my father did not like the hotel type atmosphere. The facility seems to be too closed in and the rooms were extremely small. The staff was friendly and the occupants spoke to the staff

Area was nice - Not able to accept anyone with dementia.

Director is incredibly kind and informative. Place is quite clean, and the only noticeable odor was near the kitchen. Place is undergoing renovation, so a bit messed up. Definitely time for an update. Rooms pretty small except for limited few. Activity, Elvis, was well-attended. Limited outside area, but safe. Faces extremely busy street. Good access to Scripps. Respite rooms available for spending a week to see how she likes it. Carmel Valley branch gets 4 out 5 stars on medicare site.

My husband, my sister and her husband joined me on this tour. The location is convenient. The Director was not available so rather than wait, another staff member took us on tour. She was nice and helpful. The dining area looked wonderful as did the menus! I liked the fact that the respite rooms come with a phone and cable as both of those are important to my Mom. My only concern is the ratio of "helpers" to residents. The person that gave us the tour said there were 3 on staff. I would definately consider this property if/when my Mom needs to be placed.

Very poor experience. Evaluated my wife's status as a level five, which meant she was to have two caregivers anytime she called for one. Level five is more expensive. She rarely had two caregivers and really did not need two except when had a shower. I pointed this out to management and requested a rate decrease as she was not receiving the care they were charging me for. They would only reevaluate her status after thirty days, so no rate decrease. They are by law required to name the medications they give her, but the pull givers did not know what they were giving her. They were told numerous times not to give her Parkinson's medication with food as this destroyed the effectiveness of the pill. They paid no attention to this. They are woefully understaffed and my wife frequently had to wait 30 -60 minutes for a caregiver to answer her buzzer. This was always true during mealtimes as they only have one caregiver per floor and and could not answer a buzzer because they were pushing people in wheelchairs to and from the dining room. If you continue to refer people to this community you are doing them a great disservice.

Dark and dingy. Staff is great tho. Close to where I live.

Visited and not interested. Thought it was overpriced when compared to amenities at other facilities.

While the staff was friendly, the facility was old and in need of reapirs and updating. Parking was a problem as well.

Visited Emeritus when we were looking for a place for my Dad to live. We had an appointment on Saturday and arrived promptly. We were told that on Saturday there is only one staff person in the building (other than direct care and cleaning staff) so we met with the Activities Director. Although the Activities Director was very nice and the residents seemed friendly enough, I was disapointed by the number of/lack of supervisory staff, the strong smell of urine everywhere. Also, as we toured the building, doors to most rooms were open and we could see people being toileted, etc. I thought it was pretty terrible and so did my Dad. Emeritus was one of the first places we crossed off the list.

If you don't mind cockroaches crawling over you after repeated requests to control the pests. (With the cracked foundations flooded weekly by watering) If you need help managing your meds expect another [fee removed]/mo. The antique elevator threatens to strand anyone unfortunate enough to be on the 2nd floor (the majority of residents). The 1st floor cost an extra [fee removed]/mo. People screaming for help at all hours in the hallways. Bedlam would be a vacation. Now they show all signs of just jacking the rent and flipping the property. Their resident manager lies like some people breathe. She was the only one of 3 (Res mgr, her boss, the owner) to deny the flipping in an email. The others were silent and did not deny it. This appears to be a very shady outfit. For my [fee removed] increase on a low fixed income, I got my door painted. This is how we elderly wind up homeless. Many long-time residents have left or are visiting other facilities as did many staff. This was an OK place, once. The elevator has broken down for the, I believe, the 4th time in 3 weeks. When my son talked to Novellus, the "increase" of an additional $[removed]is now just an increase of $[removed].

awful except for the food and dining room workers. Please use this place as a last resort. They used my medicine for other people, they gave me wrong medicine. I was supposed to have control of my medicine and it took them 6 days and many mistakes after my doctor contacted them You may call me at [removed] if you want more details.

Our family had an in person tour with Brookdale Clairemont and it was horrible. Condensed, had to use elevators to get to the rooms. Rooms were small, no views except for a wall, she would have had to share a bathroom with another person. Carpet looked dingy, the whole placed smelled bad. No parking for visitors. Just a small garden for residents to walk around. And I didn't see a single resident that looked happy or smiled. Some in wheel chairs just looked abandoned in the hallways. Staff was nice. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

My wife cannot walk so need assistance in normal functions/activities. When my wife developed bed sores on her buttocks, they did very little about it. The one bed sore finally got infected and we had to go to the ER and had to be transferred her to a Skilled Nursing Facility so she could be treated by Nurses and Doctors, which Brookdale has neither on staff. When I gave the required 30-day notice to the Management and ask for refunds of the Personal Service Fees that she didn't use, they said YES, after the first 14-day period of not being at Brookdale. After I received my refunds, I discovered that they didn't include the Personal Service Fees refunds. After contacting the Management several times they eventually said that Corporate denied the SVC Fee refunds but wouldn't give a reason. So, if you want poor service and a denial of refunds when leave, then by all means stay at Brookdale -- otherwise I would recommend going someplace else.

That place sucked. It didn't look clean, it didn't look kept up. I was paying $2500 and all of the sudden they said they wanted $4000 a month when they said that they wouldn't raise the rent more than 6%.

This is a disgraceful facility, and we moved my Mother out after 3 months due to many issues. The management is the worst I've ever seen, from a clueless manager named [name removed] to the liar LVN, [name removed]. [Name removed] was full of empty promises, and NEVER followed-up on anything she promised (e.g., I'll show your Mom around the facility, and personally introduce to her to all the residents). Never happened. The management will promise they are the least expensive place in town, only to find out later that you will paying twice what you were quoted. We were paying over $4,000 more than quoted on a monthly basis. We were charged $400/month for nutritional assistance, yet they nearly killed my mom with all the salty food they gave her. She has chronic kidney disease, and was fed hot dogs, sausage and bacon with no nutritional value, yet charged for nutritional guidance. I would suggest asking a few of the nursing aids about the management and stability of the facility. Ask, "would you want your Mom to live there". It will be a resounding "no". The aids are not happy with the management, and one told us, "we are lucky to get our mom out of there". I was told they would bathe my Mom twice a week yet she only received one bath a week if lucky. And to top it off, two of here rings were stolen.